A good example as to why there should be no plea bargains. This guy got out and has turned around and done the same thing again.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13779769?source=most_viewed
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Martin has a criminal record dating back to the early 1990s.
In February 1994, Martin was arrested in the beating death of 3-year-old Devin Brewer, of Oakland, the son of his girlfriend at the time. The child died at an Oakland hospital the day after Martin took him for a haircut and returned him bruised and swollen.
Martin claimed the boy had fallen at the park.
He originally was charged with murder but was allowed to plead no contest to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for 11 years in prison, authorities confirmed Friday. He was out of prison by 2000 because he was given credit for time served.
In 2008, he was arrested for violating a court order to prevent domestic violence. He was never prosecuted.
At the time of the boy's slaying, Martin was on parole for robbery and previously was convicted of armed robbery, burglary and weapons violations.